A powerful solar storm has put on a spectacular light show around the world, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced.

According to Amac News: NOAA said that after the event, there were only minor disruptions in the power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration added that the severe geomagnetic storm continues and there are initial reports of power grid disruptions, disruption of high-frequency communications and global positioning systems.
In the same case, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that so far no FEMA region has reported a significant impact from the storm.
The brilliant purple, green, yellow and pink colors of the northern lights have been reported around the world, with sightings in Germany, Switzerland, China, England, Spain and elsewhere.
NOAA warned operators of power plants and orbiting spacecraft, as well as FEMA, to take precautions.
The most intense solar storm on record, in 1859, sparked auroras in Central America and possibly even Hawaii.
A severe geomagnetic storm in 2003 knocked out power in Sweden and damaged power transformers in South Africa.
According to NOAA, even when a storm is over, signals between GPS satellites and ground receivers can be scrambled or lost.